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US 12,752,074 B2Granted
Catheter
AssigneeNowwell Flow Technology AS
InventorsLeif Granat, Niklas Herou
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Abstract
A catheter insertable into a urethra for installation in a user's bladder and urethra, the catheter comprising: a urine conduit comprising a first urine inlet and a urine outlet; and an inlet protector extending outwardly from the urine conduit from a position between the first urine inlet and the urine outlet, where the inlet protector functions to protect the urine inlet by separating it from contact with the bladder wall and thus keeping it out of contact with tissue.
Claims20
An intermittent catheter insertable into a urethra for installation in a user's bladder and urethra, the catheter comprising:
- a urine conduit comprising a first urine inlet and a urine outlet;
- and
- an inlet protector extending outwardly from the urine conduit from a position between the first urine inlet and the urine outlet and being located substantially adjacent to the first urine inlet;
- wherein the inlet protector comprises a resilient skirt, resilient disk, resilient plate or resilient dish and wherein the inlet protector permits folding towards the first urine inlet;
- and permits folding towards the urine outlet, so as to conform the shape of the exterior surface of the urine conduit;
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- wherein the catheter does not comprise an anti-removal structure comprising a positioning balloon located on the opposite side of the first urine inlet from the inlet protector.
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